The John Malkovich as Voldemort rumor – despite being denied by BBC – has persisted in emails, and around the Web. Now we’ve heard a very shaky rumor the actor has said he took the part for his daughter. He is not and will not be Voldemort. Firstly, he’s not-UK born – strike one quoted …read more!

Check out Mugglenet for video downloads of the SNL skit. Beware, again, that the skit is at least PG-13.

The trailer for Alan Rickman’s new project, Something the Lord Made, is now up on HBO’s website. No Potter-content, but of interest to Rickman-fans.

Winky has again come through, with much higher-res versions of the PoA character posters previously posted online, which feature the Trio, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Sirius.

Another excited PoA review, this one spoiler heavy, has popped up on Aint-It-Cool-News.com. Read at your own risk, and parents, our standard warning with this site applies: many of its users use strong language in its forum (though we as always appreciate their enthusiasm for TLC :). Warning: In the comments under this review, many …read more!

Harry Potter fan event The Witching Hour announced two special guests, Nancy Farmer and Rose Earhart, set to attend and present at the show, being held 6-10 October 2005 in Salem, Massachusetts. Farmer is an award-winning author, former chemistry teacher and insect pathology technician who grew up in a quirky hotel on the Arizona/Mexican border. …read more!

ABC.com is having a “Witchcraft and Wizardry Weekend Sweepstakes” with the winning prize being a trip to the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Winners will receive a 5 day/4 night trip for 4, and tickets to the premiere of the film on May 30th. You must be 18 years or …read more!

Winkelgasse.net emailed to say they have up screen caps from the newest trailer.

Winky from PotterWorldOnline wrote to let us know that there is a new streaming French-subtitled trailer of PoA, which she has made downloadable: Real Player Low Real Player High Windows Media Player Low Windows Media Player High Thanks Winky! This is once again what looks to be an utterly chill-inducing trailer with a tremendous amount …read more!

On the CBS “The Early Show” website there is a new photo from POA of Harry and Professor McGonagall which you can see here. Also, tomorrow Monday, May 3rd, The Early Show(8 am EST) will be previewing summer movies, and POA will be one of the movies highlighted.